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Extravaganza Bedford presents TWISTED CABARET’s Rock…
The Twisted Cabaret team returns to Esquires’ newly refurbished Room 2 in following their last sell-out cabaret show ‘Rock N…
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Read all about it! The October…
Get your fix of Bedford’s amazing arts and culture with added Bedford Independent pages. Copies will be delivered this weekend…
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Best of Bedford – John Medhurst
John Medhurst Jewellers has been situated at 10 Mill Street for 17 years. Managing director, John, has been in the…
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Extravaganza Bedford presents TWISTED CABARET’s Rock n Roll Circus
The Twisted Cabaret team returns to Esquires’ newly refurbished Room 2 in following their last sell-out cabaret show ‘Rock N roll Circus’ featuring a performance by tribute act, The Rolling Stones Now. Twisted Cabaret brings together top-class performers from the UK burlesque, drag and live music scenes for a darkly gothic evening of glamour, horror…
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Clanger interview: Feet
Feet (plus special guests The Courts) hit Bedford Esquires on Monday 21 October. Clanger correspondent, Lloyd Lugsden spoke to guitarist Harry Southerton for the lowdown on Reading Festival, dressing up and, first up, where their name came from… Bedford Clanger: Where did the name come from? Upon our first meeting, Joakim, who is now a pilot of…
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Clanger interview: Jess Green – poet, playwright and activist
This Friday, the Quarry Theatre plays host to Jess Green, a poet, playwright and workshop facilitator. Jess was the BBC Edinburgh Slam Champion 2018 and she reaches us, fresh from her successful run at the Edinburgh Festival. Perhaps best known for her ‘Michael Gove’ poem which went viral in 2013, Jess is currently touring ‘A…
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Clanger interview: Spear of Destiny’s Kirk Brandon
Kirk Brandon’s Spear of Destiny will be returning to Esquires this Saturday, performing the classic One Eyed Jacks album in full. The one and only Milky put some questions to the main man.. Milky: Where do you find the energy? I was gonna leave it at that, but… between dates with The Pack, Theatre of Hate (TOH) and…
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Music highlights this September
Mainline Big Band 40th anniversary concert The music of the Big Band era lives on through the Mainline Big Band which was formed in Bedford in 1979. To celebrate their fortieth year the band are playing an anniversary concert at Kempston Hammers Sports & Social Club on Sunday 29 September at 7.30 pm. Entry is…
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Best of Bedford – John Medhurst
John Medhurst Jewellers has been situated at 10 Mill Street for 17 years. Managing director, John, has been in the jewellery industry since 1969 and he now runs the shop with his daughter Sarah. Since graduating from Sheffield University in 2005, Sarah has become a Fellow of the National Association of Jewellers, carrying on the…
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Music highlights in August
NOASIS + guests + club night until 2am Saturday 3 August, doors at 8pm Bedford Esquires Tickets £12 advance seetickets.com Noasis are back for their bi-annual Bedford fixture. Their January show sold out quickly, so get tickets now! With an obsessive attention to detail the band recreates the real Oasis experience with amazing energy playing all…
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Festival fun at Daxtonbury this weekend…
Daxtonbury Festival of Music and Country Life Friday 12 – Sunday 14 July Airfield Road, Podington Everybody loves a good party and they don’t get much better than the three-day music event held each year in fields near Podington in the north of the county. Daxtonbury – named after promoter Dax Miller and some other…
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Music highlights this month
Music in the Meadows The free summer bandstand concerts are returning to Mill Meadows on the Embankment this July and August, every Sunday from 3 – 5pm. Everyone’s welcome to come along and bring the family – and a picnic – to enjoy two hours of traditional bandstand music in this lovely spot on the…
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Bringing the Bard to Bedford Park
Pack a picnic and enjoy fabulously funny outdoor theatre with; A Midsummer Night’s Dream Tuesday 16 July at 7.30pm, Pavilion at the Park Tickets: £18.50 (concessions £15.50 / family ticket: £59) The renowned Oddsocks Productions is bringing A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Bedford Park this summer for an outdoor adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy. Four young…